The Columbus Blue Jackets hit the Island tonight against the New York Islanders in a 7pm matchup just 24 hours after a slew of roster news for back to back games. At home tomorrow. Double recap Saturday.
Eric Robinson is gone and with Buffalo giving Columbus potentially three 7th round picks in 2025, if he plays 45 games with the Sabres. That’s the condition.
Spencer Martin is the full time starter unless moved. Jet Graves is backup. Nick Blankenburg is back. More Michigan is what we need. Emil Bemstrom returns and still leads in powerplay goals. Elvis, Boqvist, and Silly to the IR.
On the Island for the only time this season, I wonder if there will be any state McRae mentions at Sillinger off ice with his team in town. On ice, the Isles have dropped the last contest to the Sharks in a blown comeback putting their coach on the hot seat.
No healthy scratches as Martin takes on Varlamov.
Projected Lineups
New York Islanders
Andres Lee—Bo Horvat—Matt Barzal Pierre Engvall—Brock Nelson—Kyle Palmieri Simon Holmstrom—Jean-Gabriel Pageau—Julien Gauthier Hudson Fasching—Casey Cizkas—Cal Clutterbuck
Alexander Romanov—Noah Dobson Samuel Bolduc—Ryan Pullock Mike Rilley—Scott Mayfield
Semyon Varlamov Ilya Sorokin
Scratched — Matt Martin Injured — Adam Pelech, Sebastian Aho
Columbus Blue Jackets
Johnny Gaudreau—Boone Jenner—Justin Danforth Yegor Chinakov—Dmitry Vokornov—Kirill Marchenko Kent Johnson—Adam Fantilli—Emil Bemstrom Alexandre Texier—Sean Kuraly—Mathieu Olivier
Zach Werenski—Nick Blankenburg Ivan Provorov—Andrew Peeke Jake Bean—David Jiricek
Spencer Martin Jet Graves
Scratched - none Injured — Patrik Laine, Erik Gudbranson, Cole Sillinger, Damon Severson, Jack Roslovic, Adam Boqvist, Elvis Merzlikins, Daniil Tarasov
Players to Watch
Isles — Bo Horvat — must turn things around and is struggling to score, as is the whole team
Jackets — Emil Bemstorm — first game back up, let’s see how he is with the Michigan boys.
Predicted Final Score
CBJ - 2
NYI - 1